A/N: Hey guys, so this is a new story of mine. I know, I have so many stories that I started but have yet to finish. But hey, I get an idea and I immediately want to write it down and share it with you guys. This is centered outside my captainhill verse, so no, Maria Hill and Steve aren't a couple. Clint's family exists in this story (it was so hard to accept Laura and the kids after they sunk the clintasha ship. I can't be the only one that feels that way?) maybe Bruce/Natasha. Depends on my mood haha. I'm sorry for the suckish title, so if at any point you think of a better title, feel free to suggest it! Anyway, enjoy!

It was just supposed to be a normal mission for the team. They were supposed to go to Germany and take down another Hydra research facility. It seemed like they were beginning to get a lot of those missions lately, not that Steve or the twins were complaining. They wanted Hydra gone for good.

"Alright, Wanda and Pietro, you guys are going to stay outside and make sure that nothing or no one gets in or out of the base except for us. Clint, you watch our backs from above. Stark and Nat, you two are with me inside." Steve tells them as the quintjet landed. The team didn't have Thor or any of the new Avengers with them since Fury sent them on a mission elsewhere and Bruce was still MIA.

Clint had done his job of taking out the guards that were stationed around the base from above and Natasha, Tony, and Steve had barely gotten inside before they were being shot at.

"Stark and I will hold them off. Go!" Natasha ordered as she ducked behind a wall, taking out her gun and began shooting at the Hydra agents. She had already hit several of them but more just kept coming. All the other Hydra bases were fairly easy to take down compared to this one; Hydra was trying to keep something hidden and they were going to find out what.

When the gunfire briefly ceased, Steve took the opportunity and ran down the hall, keeping his shield up to block any gunfire as he searched through the labs and cells until he came to one that was locked. Using his shield, he broke the lock on the door and kicked it open. The room was another lab of some sort. There were syringes, scalpals and magnify glasses on one counter and on another counter was vials of blood and test tubes. In the middle of the room strapped down to a cold, metal, examination table was a young girl. She appeared to be in her early to mid twenties with skin that was almost as pale as the moon. Her fiery red hair was messy and knotted, almost as if she hadn't brushed it in days, weeks even. She appeared to be malnourished and emaciated, looking as though she was a mere ninety pounds-one hundred pounds, tops. The girl had various cuts and bruises all over her legs and arms, and her left wrist appeared to be bruised and swollen, indicating that it was probably broken. She wore a ratty old t-shirt that barely went down to her thighs that was stained with blood.

"Hey guys...I think I found something...or someone." Steve said through comms.

"What did you find?" Tony replied back, being the only one that could really hear him through the gunfire.

Steve didn't answer, he just used his shield to break the girls bonds before he placed his shield on his back and picked the girl up bridal style. He was honestly shocked at how light she was. This girl obviously weighed a lot less than Wanda and Wanda was already really small. The redhead made a small whimpering sound, but her eyes stayed tightly shut and Steve quietly but quickly made his way out of the building. Natasha and Tony took great care to watch his back until he got outside and Clint watched his back from above.


When he got back to the jet, he put the girl on a stretcher and worked on treating her wounds. He was no doctor, but he was almost certain that she had some broken ribs and a probable concussion as well. He quickly found a blanket and placed it over her small frame to keep her warm. Steve made sure to check her pulse, breathing a sigh of relief when he saw that she still had one, although it was weak, and it wasn't much longer until everyone else arrived back on the jet. Pietro and Wanda immediately stopped in their tracks when they saw the girl and from the looks that Steve saw on their faces, they definitely seemed familiar with her.

"Do you know her? Who is she?" Steve asked, looking up at the twins, almost afraid of the answer.

"Her name is Meghan. She was at the base in Sokovia with us, but it was brief." Pietro explained, walking over to take a closer look at the unconscious redhead.

"Before Strucker started experimenting on her, Hydra used her as an assassin of sorts. They also used her to...put down...any of the experiments that looked as though they wouldn't survive. She was very stubborn at first." Wanda adds, joining her brother.

"But eventually the brainwashing and manipulation got to her, as did the torture she underwent if she was difficult," Pietro continues, "It wasn't until a year later that they began experimenting on her."

Steve sighed, "What kind of powers does she have?" He asked, looking back up at them. It was an open question for either of them to answer.

"We don't know. She left the base in Sokovia early on, before her powers made an appearance. She was transferred from base to base from what we heard." Wanda explains, reaching down to brush a curly strand of red hair out of Meghan's face.

"Is that all you know about her?" Clint asks, looking at Meghan warily.

The twins only nodded in response as Tony went and prepared the jet for take off and everyone returned to their seats, occasionally stealing glances at Meghan as they took off and began heading back to base.

They would just simply have to wait until Meghan woke up to question her. If she woke up.

A/N: Let me know what y'all think! Feel free to give constructive criticism, just don't be mean about it please. Please review :)